Quote#Wisdom
That muche is my bowe bent to shoote at these marks
Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Proverbs (1546), That much is my bow bent to shoot at these marks, And kill fear, when the sky falls we shall have larks..
English (original)
That muche is my bowe bent to shoote at these marks, And kyll feare, when the sky falth we shall haue larks.
— John Heywood
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